Fritz Beck

Fritz Beck (14 July 1889-1 July 1934) was a German political activist and student leader who was executed by the Nazi Party during the Night of the Long Knives

Biography
Fritz Beck was born in Landsberg am Lech, German Empire in 1889, and he became an intellectual and student leader, receiving a deferment during World War I. In 1919, he became the first secretary of the newly-established General Student Committee, and he went on to found the German Foreign Student Club in 1926. He was opposed to the Nazi Party during its takeover, fearing that they would destroy his life's work, and he was arrested on the evening of 30 June 1934 during the Night of the Long Knives. On 1 July 1934, he was tortured to death and shot dead by the SS.